| Author (Person) | Berkofsky, Axel |
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| Publisher | Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) |
| Series Title | ISPI Commentary |
| Series Details | November 2010 |
| Publication Date | 03/11/2010 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Gone are the days when Brussels and Beijing referred to each other as ‘strategic partners’ – a formula ‘invented’ in 2003 to pay tribute to the admittedly impressive expansion of EU-Chinese institutional ties, above through the so-called ‘sectoral dialogues’ today covering 50 areas of bilateral cooperation such as trade and investment, maritime security, nuclear energy, employment and social affairs, regional policies etc. Instead, the uncomfortable reality has set in both in Brussels and Beijing that currently there are (many) more problems than achievements on the bilateral agenda. Above all, the European-Chinese day-to-day policy agenda is dominated by problems, friction and persistent disagreements regarding bilateral trade and investment in general and Chinese market access obstacles, alleged violations of intellectual property and trademarks rights in China, certification standards and problems of Chinese government procurement policies in general. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/eu-china-honeymoon-over-good-eu-china-relations-and-china-actor-international-politics-economics-and-security-european-perspective-0 |
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| Countries / Regions | China, Europe |
